Today's Callups

Klinsmann will announce his callups for the Mexico Friendly today, supposedly at 1 pm ET. My guess is that for the friendly, Klinsmann will stick to the 4-5-1. Tactical change usually comes via slow evolution. I know I am going to be way off on these prognostications, but if I were to hazard a guess, this is who I think might be announced today:

GK - Tim Howard, Marcus Hahnemann, Nick Rimando

DF - Gonzalez, Goodson, Bocanegra, Convey, Pearce, Franklin, Ream (EDIT: CHANDLER IS IN ACCORDING TO THIS LINK)

It would be bad form not to have the old captain in there, so Bocanegra still gets the call. Goodson, I have it on good authority (a.k.a. Twitter) got the call and is going. Gonzalez adds the Latin flair Klinsmann seems to indicate he wants and Ream has the technical ability he covets. Gonzo has been injured, though, so he could be replaced by Marshall. Chandler and Dolo are the right backs of the future and present, but they are both in Europe, so expect to see them called up for the friendly against Belgium, but I doubt we'll see them here. Could be wrong though, Chandler is a real possibility. Convey and Pearce fill the LB position (Lichaj has a slight injury), and Franklin is on the right. Demerit is also on the mend or he'd be in here. (Edit: it appears Klinsmann's German sway has already yielded dividends, the link above is to Nuremburg's main newspaper and indicates that he got the callup)

MF - Donovan, Shea, Adu, Bradley, Bedoya, Diskerud, Feilhaber, Torres, Jones

Deuce and Edu are left off the list because of UEFA competitions. Holden just started training with Bolton again. Adu has free time while sorting out his club problems, as does Michael Bradley. Bedoya and Diskerud are in form, Feilhaber, Donovan, and Shea are in the US. Jones cuz he's German :) and Torres because he is in Mexico and I have a hunch that JK likes his game. There is a slight possibility of seeing Beckerman, who is in form and US based, replace Jones or Bradley.

FW - Agudelo, Bunbury, Gomez

Agudelo is the trifecta: Latin, technically skilled, and young. Bunbury and Gomez are local, though you could see Buddle, Wondo or Pontius here too. Could see Davies here too, but I don't think that happens, Pontius has been more valuable to DC than Davies, and Davies really is still getting back from his injury woes. Altidore is getting his feet wet with his new club and needs the practice time with them to make the first team. Klinsi understands that his getting his club career back on the right track is the most important thing right now.